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National Workshop on Standardisation of IT Enabled Transliteration, Glossing and Meta-language for Dravidian Languages Draft of the Standards of IT enabled Transliteration, Glossing and Meta-language for Dravidian Languages circulated in advance among the participants of the workshop, 6-10 March 2017 Organised by CPeDL CCCentre for PPPreservation of EEEndangered DDDravidian LLLanguages Funded by University Grants Commission Dept. of Dravidian & Computational Linguistics Dravidian University, Kuppam AP Content 1. Introduction 2. Resource Persons 3. Schedule 4. General Guidelines 5. Proposed standards 6.1. Transliteration 1. Tamil 14. Kuvi 2. Malayalam 15. Pengo 3. Kannada 16. Manda 4. Kodagu 17. Kolami 5. Toda 18. Naiki 6. Kota 19. Naikiri 7. Irula 20. Parji 8. Tulu 21. Ollari 9. Telugu 22. Gadaba 10. Gondi 23. Kurux/Oraon 11. Koya 24. Malto 12. Konada 25. Brahui 13. Kui 6.2. Abbreviations of grammatical categories 6.3. Glossing 6.5. Technology issues 7. Supporting materials 8. Appendixes Organisers Dr. M. C. Kesava Murty Assistant Professor, Deputy Coordinator SAP-DRS Coordinator of the workshop P. Sreekumar Assistant Professor, Deputy Director of CPEDL Deputy Coordinator of the workshop Prof. G. Balasubramanian Rector, Dravidian University; Director of CPeDL & Coordinator of SAP-DRS Dr. Ganeshan Ambedkar Associate Professor, Head of the Department Dr. M. Prasad Naik Assistant Professor Draft compiled by Mr. Bharath Kumar M S (Research Scholar) Mr. M Rajakrishna (Research Scholar) Mr. K. Suryanarayana (Research Scholar) Mr. D Raja Rao (Research Scholar) 1. Introduction: Linguistic studies are much advanced scientific practice today. Linguistic literature is addressing global linguistic community irrespective of the paradigm, family and the size of the languages. In the midst of the most alarmed situation of language endangerment, linguistic data and other language resources are considered as one of the common goods to humanity. Therefore, preservation and presentation of language data with maximum linguistic information is a prime concern today. Thus, standardization of transliteration , glossing 1 and metalanguage which we follow are prerequisites for the smooth communication and easy access of linguistic literature at global level. There are number of standards proposed by Lehamann (1982:199-224), Sebastian (2002), Bird Steven & Gary Simons (2003) and Haspelmath and Cormie (2008) etc. Modern linguistic studies in India are more advanced in four language families. Even though, no standard is consistently and widely following in transliteration, glossing techniques and meta-language. This problem is not at all addressed in the linguistic studies of Dravidian family of languages. Standardisation of transliteration, glossing and meta-language standards for Dravidian languages is an imperative today. In this context, this workshop is proposed. The outcome of the workshop shall be further published through International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics (IJDL) for wider discussion. 2. Objectives of the workshop: To review the existing status of transliteration, glossing and meta-languages schemes used in Dravidian languages. 1. To develop a standard transliteration, transcription system for each major Dravidian language by the linguists of each language. 2. To develop a glossing standard for Dravidian languages. 3. To develop a standard meta-linguistic representation and abbreviation for Dravidian languages. 1 Glossing is an analytical technique and a way of presentation of linguistic data. In this context glossing is defined as an analytical description and a technique of annotation of linguistic data into different levels of representation with meaning and grammatical category labels. 4. To address the issues of Unicode fonts in the communication of Dravidian language data. 5. To develop pedagogic means to disseminate the new standards among the linguists. 3. Structure of the workshop: Preparatory phase: The Dept. of Dravidian and Computational Linguistics will prepare a draft standard and sent to the resource persons of each language in advance. Review report of each resource persons shared among the participants. 1. Workshop stage : Presentation of the review report by each resource person and discussion. Finalize the transliteration, glossing and meta-language standards and develop pedagogic strategies to disseminate the standards. 2. Post workshop stage : Publish the proposal as group outcome in the International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics (IJDL) for wider dissemination. 4. Organization of the workshop : 20 linguists across Dravidian languages will participate in the workshop. The standards developed in this workshop can be adapted by International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics as Dravidian University Linguistic Standard . 5. Outcome of the workshop: 1. A standard transliteration scheme for each major Dravidian language including non-literary languages. 2. A common glossing standard for Dravidian languages. 3. A common meta-language and abbreviations for Dravidian languages. 4. Technological standard for composing Dravidian language data. 5. A pedagogic guideline to disseminate the new standard. A team publication in the International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics. Resource Persons Arulmozi, S (Dr) Asst. Professor, Dept. of Centre for Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad – 500 046 Basavaraja Kodagunti, (Dr) Asst. Professor, Dept. of Kannada, Coordinator, Dept of Linguistics, Central University of Karnataka, Kodugunti, Kalaburgi – 585 3767. Karanataka. Mobile No. 09916053057 Chinmay Vijay Dharurkar, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, School of Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala. Kasaragod Mail: [email protected] Mobile No. 9371677728 Giridhar Professor (Prof) 1132 Ist Cross, Lalithadri Road, Kuvempu Nagara, Mysore 570 023. Mobile No. 09481531391 Gnanasundaram (Prof) C/o Dr. Ananda Vadivelu, HIG S. Vanika IIFM, Residential Colony, Kotara, Sultana Bagh, Near PGT Chowk. Bhopal – 462 003. Mobile No. 09449086896 Maheswaran, C (Dr) Site No 8, Teacher’s Colony Ex. NGO Colony- Via and Post Coimbatore-641 002 Meti Mallikarjun, (Dr), Associate Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, Sahyadri Arts College, Kuvempu University, Vidyanagar – 577 203. Shivamogga, Karnataka. Mobile No. 09448871441 Murigeppa, A (Prof) H No 172 D5, SSF-407, Fourth Phrase,Yelahanka New Town, Bangalore-64 Panicker G, K, (Prof) International School of Dravidian Linguistics, Kerala Mail: [email protected] Mobile No. 9387828502 Praveen. G (Dr) Assistant professor, Dept. of Computational Linguistics: Indian Grammatical Tradition Banaras Hindu University Mobile No:91+8179407778 Ramakrishna Reddy,B (Prof) Gayathri Towers, RTD, Secunderabad – 500 017 Ramakrishnan A G (Prof) Professor and Chairman, EE, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore-560 012 Ramamoorthy, L (Prof) CIIL, Hunur Road, Manasagangotri, Mysore – 570 006. Mail: [email protected] Mobile No. 0821 – 2345020 Ramaswamy, C (Prof) A 108, Koncept Nest, 6 Bangalore - 560 026 Rangan K, (Prof) H No:25, Chelleynagar, Tamil University Post, Thanjavur, Tamil Naidu-613010 Ravisankar S. Nair, (Prof) Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, School of Comparative Literature, Central University of Kerala. Mail: [email protected] Mobile No. 09447375696 Ravisankar, (Prof) Director Pondicheri Institute of Linguistic and Culture, LAWSPT Pondicheri 605 008. Mobile No. 09443187650. Sobha L, (Dr) Anna University K B Chandrasekhar Research Centre , Chennai Sreenathan M, (Prof) Malayalam University, Tippu Sulthan Road, Malappuram Dist, Tirur, Vakkad, Kerala-676502 Subramanya Sharma (Dr) Guest lecturer Dept. of Linguistics Osmania University, Hyderabad Uma Maheshwar Rao G (Prof) Centre for Applied Linguistics &Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Venkitaswamy, T Editorial Assistant Prasaraga, Dravidian University Venugupala Panikkar G, (Prof) Vanni, Farook Collage post, Calicut District-673632 Viswanatha Naidu Sweden Viswanatham, (Prof) 102, 4 th Main Road, Gokulam 3 rd Stage, Mysore 570 002. Mobile No. 09480770557. Schedule of the Workshop (tentative) Date Activities 10 AM to 11 11 AM to 1 PM Brake 3 PM to 4 4 PM to 5 AM 1PM to PM PM 3PM 6.03.2017 Inauguration Introductio Presentatio Discussion Discussion n of the n of workshop transliterati on (PS) (Bharath) 7.03.2017 Presentation Discussion Presentation Discussion of of Grammatical abbreviations categories (Raja) (MCK) 8.03.2017 Presentation Discussion Discussion Discussion of Glossing (PS) 9.03.2017 Presentation Discussion Group Group of Discussion Discussion Technology issues (MCK) 10.03. Presentations Presentation Presentati Discussion Valedictor 2017 of of on of on y function transliteratio Glossing (PS) abbreviati disseminatio n on n (Bharath) (MCK) General Guidelines This is only a draft material of the workshop. There are three components in this draft: transliteration of 25 Dravidian languages, a list of abbreviations of grammatical terminologies and glossing standards. A set of questions is attached to each component. We request you kindly go through each component and note your comments for discussion. Following are the general guidelines. 1. Transliteration: We have presented the generally used transliteration of 25 Dravidian languages. You please go through transliteration of each language and respond on each based on the questions we have asked and beyond the questions. If you can propose a set of general rules for standardization